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July 29, 2015

Three-day passes for both weekends of Austin City Limits Music Festival are officially sold out. The lineup-by-day for both weekends was revealed this morning, and a limited supply of $100 single day passes go on-sale today at www.aclfestival.com.

The lineup by day announcement reveals headliners Foo Fighters performing on Friday night both weekends, Drake performing Saturday night both weekends, The Strokes on Sunday night of Weekend One, and Florence + The Machine closing the festival on Sunday of Weekend Two.

A limited number of VIP & Platinum Passes, as well as Travel Packages, are still available for both weekends at www.aclfestival.com.

The 2015 edition of the Austin City Limits Music Festival happens October 2-4 & October 9-11 in Zilker Park. More information is available at www.aclfestival.com.

July 28, 2015

Los Angeles' Death Valley Girls and LA Witch share a similarly sneery rock n' roll attitude and will soon be on tour together for a string of Southwest dates that include four in Texas. In Austin, they'll play Hotel Vegas on August 5 with Black Liquid Drop also on the bill.

Other dates in the state includ El Paso's Monarch on August 3; San Antonio's Limelight on August 4 and Marfa's El Cosmico's August 6. All dates are listed, along with songs streams from both bands, below...

July 27, 2015

Faith No More returned this year with Sol Invictus, their first new album since 1997, and they've been on tour in support of it. That tour began a 3-night Texas run with grindcore legends Napalm Death last night at Austin Music Hall (7/26). FNM split the set up pretty well between the new album and the rest of their career, giving us old favorites like "Midlife Crisis," "Evidence," and of course, "Epic." Pictures are in this post.

The run with Napalm Death hits Dallas tonight (7/27) and Houston on Tuesday (7/28). All tour dates here.

The band is also touring, including three Texas shows: September 1 at Gatsby's Mansion in Denton, 9/2 at Holy Mountain in Austin, and 9/3 at The Summit in Houston. That'll be one of the last-ever Holy Mountain shows, as the venue closes on October 1.

July 7, 2015

This month's Red Bull Sound Select show in Austin will be headlined by JEFF the Brotherhood and happens 7/31 at Empire Control Room with Novosti and Mirror Travel. Like most RBSS shows, it's $3 with RSVP or $10 without.

JEFF are also releasing split single with collaborator Colleen Green that comes out physically in August but is streaming now. Listen below...

The Austin Music Hall is to be demolished to make way for a 28-story office building.

Officials with Cielo Property Group, an Austin real estate company, confirmed in an exclusive interview with the Austin Business Journal that it is teaming up with Tier REIT of Dallas to build another downtown office tower.

Demolition of the 43,000-square-foot entertainment venue at 208 Nueces St. will begin in January. Construction of the 349,000-square-foot building is scheduled to start in early 2016 and deliver at the end of 2017. [BizJournals]

The photos above are from one of Jack White's two shows there earlier this year. More pictures from that show, by Tim Griffin, HERE.

Casualties of the pricing boom, owners were confronted with a 45% rent increase, putting their monthly bill at $8,000 plus "triple net" fees - taxes, insurance, and maintenance - totaling in the thousands. It's an unmanageable figure for the club to sustain, confirms co-owner James Taylor.

A small room with big ambitions, Holy Mountain opened on New Year's Eve 2012 in the revamped shell of erstwhile hipster chain Beauty Bar.

Taylor's filling Holy Mountain's September calendar with old favorites and bucket-list acquisitions. They'll host a weekly "Super Secret Special Guest Series" on Mondays, bringing in mega-artists for underplays announced on the day of the show. Beyond marquee bookings such as Lætitia Sadier of Stereolab (9/17), familial locals will soundtrack Armageddon: Hard Proof, Not in the Face, Feral Future, East Cameron Folkcore, Harvest Thieves, Ben Ballinger, and Mike & the Moonpies, who'll be the last band to play Holy Mountain.

And speaking of East Cameron Folkcore at Holy Mountain, we caught them there during Free Week 2014 and have an uposted set of pictures which is now posted in this post. More below...

Opener "Elevator Operator," from Sometimes, was a good introduction to her basic style: straightforward, unfancy guitar rock, vibrant but not aggressive, with conversational vocals and an observational lyrical style. Aided by her tight band featuring bassist Bones Sloane and drummer Dave Mudie, she stretched out within her framework, adding variety to her performance while remaining consistent in sound. The trio ranged from the garage-rocking "Canned Tomatoes" and melancholy balladry of "An Illustration of Loneliness" to the lovely folk rocking "Depreston" and the power popping "Dead Fox." She earned special kudos from the eager audience with "Small Poppies" and "Avant Gardener," both featuring rambling lyrics that move from mundane observation to philosophical contemplation - a Barnett specialty. - [ACLTV]

Australian charmer Courtney Barnett is currently in town, having taped an episode of Austin City Limits that will air later this year. You can check out pictures from her ACL performance, and the setlist, in this post.